xx, 14 p. 33 cm

Includes 110 duotone photographic plates of patterns and examples of lace plus an introduction. "It is affirmed there that no finer thread has ever been spun in the world than that of which an especially delicate piece of Peruvian weaving is made. The designs of these textiles are primitive but beautiful, and the colors are not surpassed for their quality and harmony by those of other country, though they are thousands of years old

Description of each plate on verso of preceding plate

"The present volume is the fifth work published by the Yale university press on the Amasa Stone Mather memorial publication fund."

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